it won't be just East Texas with a Stasi, now that there's a $10k abortion bounty on women

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Wednesday September 01, 2021 · 11:52 AM PDT

2021/09/01 · 11:52

East German tower — "Yeah but abortion was legal in East Germany and everybody had universal healthcare and access to birth control"

The latest Texas abortion law outdoes Greg Abbott and his post-Trump border wall, funded by a GOP-dominated state that would attempt to arrest Democratic legislators leaving the state.

So in Texas “masks and vaccines are authoritarian communism! But we will pay you to inform on your neighbors as they did in East Germany...” The choice is now forced birth or state-sponsored terror on women or anyone even thinking of helping a woman.

If you narc on five people, you’ll make as much as the US spent during its occupation on each Afghani.

Second, this extreme Texas anti-choice law actually bribes people for spying on their neighbors and filing reports on their personal lives. Strangers – even abusive ex-partners – could get cash for spying on women. This is dystopian. It has no place in a free country.
— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) September 1, 2021

The Handmaid’s Tale just got reshelved at my indie bookstore from “dystopian fiction” to “current events.”
— Molly Lanza (@MollyLanza) September 1, 2021

“How dare Joe Biden pull us out of Afghanistan! Does he know what the Taliban will do to women’s rights there?” say republicans as they champion & pass a law in Texas that commands a $10,000 payout for anyone who reports any woman for getting an abortion. Bounties for abortions.
— 💀 Scary Larry 💀 🇺🇸🌊✊🏻🗽 (@StompTheGOP) September 1, 2021

when I think of totalitarianism and police states, I think about the terrorizing of fellow citizens for government rewards, like in East Germany and …(checks notes)…Texas
— Heather Anne Campbell (@heathercampbell) September 1, 2021

MSNBC's Julia Ainsley notes how strict Texas' new abortion law is

"It means you can sue an Uber driver who drives someone to an abortion clinic. These are laws stricter than what we have in place for someone who would drive someone who is about to commit an act of terrorism" pic.twitter.com/oPdzYCaO5y
— Lis Power (@LisPower1) September 1, 2021

REMINDER: Abortions cannot be banned. All the @GOP did tonight was make sure more women in TX DIE from abortions. If you want to reduce the # of abortions, you could advocate for more funding for sex ed programs; access to contraception; condom use, etc. all of which they OPPOSE pic.twitter.com/DskOt9F2fK
— Andrew Wortman 🏳️‍🌈 (@AmoneyResists) September 1, 2021

She’s right from both materialist and idealist legal and philosophical principles. Game over, moralists. https://t.co/mwgHCMqpb7
— Cultural Marxism, PhD (@polusyroy) September 1, 2021

We're still waiting on the Supreme Court, and while we do, I'll be joining @NicolleDWallace on @MSNBC at 4:25 p.m. ET to discuss. Perhaps we will have an order by then. https://t.co/lLEhoFZWCX
— Katie Barlow (@katieleebarlow) September 1, 2021

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— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) September 1, 2021

Thursday, Sep 2, 2021 · 12:45:25 AM +00:00 · annieli

yee-ha

Today in Texas, laws went into effect that:
- Ban abortions after 6 weeks and allow providers to be sued
- Allow open carry of guns w/ no license
- Ban critical race theory from schools
- Ban vaccine passports
- Require the National Anthem before any professional sports game
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) September 1, 2021

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